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- pronunciation:
- sae
vihj
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
ferocious and cruel; fierce.
a savage attacksavage remarks- synonyms:
- barbarous, brutal, cruel, ferocious, hostile, truculent, vicious
- antonyms:
- mild
- similar words:
- brute, fell, fierce, harsh, malicious, merciless, relentless, ruthless, violent
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| definition 2: |
untamed or wild.
the savage beasts- synonyms:
- feral, undomesticated, untamed, wild
- similar words:
- brute, fierce, uncivilized, uncultivated, violent
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| definition 3: |
uncivilized or barbaric; primitive.
- synonyms:
- barbaric, barbarous, uncivilized
- antonyms:
- civilized
- similar words:
- barbarian, boorish, coarse, crude, heathen, primitive, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar, wild
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| definition 4: |
furiously angry.
- synonyms:
- enraged, furious, incensed, infuriated, irate
- similar words:
- angry, mad, maddened, rabid
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| related words: |
atrocious, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, cruel, gory, inhuman, virulent, wanton |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a cruel, vicious, or ferocious person.
Her friends wished she would leave that savage that she was married to.- synonyms:
- animal, barbarian, fiend, monster
- similar words:
- fury, maniac, ogre
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| definition 2: |
an uncivil person.
He considered his sister's children to be little ill-mannered savages.- synonyms:
- barbarian, boor, Goth
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| definition 3: |
(offensive; old-fashioned) a member of a group of people thought to be part of a primitive civilization.
- synonyms:
- primitive
- similar words:
- barbarian
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| related words: |
beast, brute, primitive |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
savages, savaging, savaged |
| definition 1: |
to tear apart with ferocity, as a wild animal attacks and tears at its prey.
The hyena savaged its prey.- synonyms:
- maul
- similar words:
- attack, mangle, mutilate, rip, tear
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| definition 2: |
to criticize brutally.
The critics savaged his new novel.- synonyms:
- attack, censure, denounce, rip into
- similar words:
- condemn, criticize, denigrate, disparage
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| related words: |
butcher, maim, maul, murder |
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| derivations: |
savagely (adv.), savageness (n.) |
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